Fast-Food Workers Strike, Protest For Higher Pay

echelon1k1

echelon1k1

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Dr Kynes said:
cat's outa the bag homey.

it's true, me and echie are a couple African American Rump Rangers, tooling the mean streets looking for confused young men to seduce to the Darkest (and most fabulous) Side of the Force.

dont fight it my Chocolate Adonis, our Rock Hard Abdominals gave us away, plus i kept saying put the earring in your LEFT ear, thats a dead giveaway sugar.

Ooooh! we gotta run, Project Runway is starting on Bravo!
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I just hope they don't find out we're Muslims too
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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NoDrama said:
This is my favorite of all time!

What inflation??

Then in small words below the 2000 price it says that the prices have been adjusted for inflation.


If there was no inflation there would be no need to adjust for it.

Edit, also $5.15 to $7.25 is a 42% increase NOT 140%

Math. You can't do it.
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5.15 x 1.4 = 7.25

610 - 500 = ?
 
kinddiesel

kinddiesel

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lmfao. 15 an hour then a burger will cost more then double. that dollar burger will cost. 2.20 that 7 dollar meal is now 16 dollars . I want to see this work out. they would have no choice but to raise prices. this is why you go to collage or learn a skilled trade . or grow weed -{ lol I feel bad for the people that don't have a skill to get a better job. sucks to be them
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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kinddiesel said:
lmfao. 15 an hour then a burger will cost more then double. that dollar burger will cost. 2.20 that 7 dollar meal is now 16 dollars .
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there is zero empirical evidence to base your belief on. zero. nothing.

i have repeatedly asked for one single concrete example of this across two threads and have been left wanting.
 
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beenthere

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UncleBuck said:
there is zero empirical evidence to base your belief on. zero. nothing.

i have repeatedly asked for one single concrete example of this across two threads and have been left wanting.
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Dude, you grow for a living, I can't believe you can't see this.
 
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Rak on Tur'

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UncleBuck said:
there is zero empirical evidence to base your belief on. zero. nothing.

i have repeatedly asked for one single concrete example of this across two threads and have been left wanting.
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Here McDonalds pays kids 14$ a hour, I notice we pay about 1-2$ more than some places in the lower 48. I've always figured the price difference was due to location, not wage. Who knows though.
 
abandonconflict

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desert dude said:
Could you put a few more words in your argument and explain it a bit more fully. I honestly don't know what you mean.

If wages for employees increase then prices will increase, or the restaurant owners will make less if they are able to stay in business. If the restaurant increases their prices then those who were marginally able to buy from the restaurant at the old price will be unable to buy at the new price, hence demand will DECREASE. That is econ 101. To keep their price stable the owners might elect to fire a few employees and work the remaining employees harder.
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More people would buy burgers because more people would have more money to buy more burgers. This would offset some of the loss of profit margin associated with increased cost of production.
 
Dr Kynes

Dr Kynes

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UncleBuck said:
there is zero empirical evidence to base your belief on. zero. nothing.

i have repeatedly asked for one single concrete example of this across two threads and have been left wanting.
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if your fertilizer costs, and water and electrical rates all doubled, would your dope still cost the same when you sold it? of course not. those higher costs would be passed on to the buyer.
 
see4

see4

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abandonconflict said:
More people would buy burgers because more people would have more money to buy more burgers. This would offset some of the loss of profit margin associated with increased cost of production.
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They can't fathom this, their head would explode.
 
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NoDrama

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UncleBuck said:
5.15 x 1.4 = 7.25

610 - 500 = ?
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So close, you forgot the last part. You are INCREASING it by 140% so the number you are coming up with is by how MUCH it INCREASED, not how much it is. Now you have to add $7.25 to $5.15 and that would equal $12.40, which is not the minimum wage.

Hopefully this really simple exercise will help you understand this concept.
If you increase 1 by 100% what do you get? do you just get 1? which would indicate that an increase of 100% is the same as no increase at all? do you think that is correct? well do you?

Let me know if you actually understand this concept, maybe others here can help me explain this better to you.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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see4

see4

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Dr Kynes said:
if your fertilizer costs, and water and electrical rates all doubled, would your dope still cost the same when you sold it? of course not. those higher costs would be passed on to the buyer.
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If he is a one man operation, maybe. If he employs 80,000 across all 7 continents, probably not. Especially if he has cash holdings in excess of $100,000,000.

I do see your concern at the small business level, and with that, I argue providing tax incentives to small business owners and/or other forms of incentives.
 
see4

see4

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NoDrama said:
So close, you forgot the last part. You are INCREASING it by 140% so the number you are coming up with is by how MUCH it INCREASED, not how much it is. Now you have to add $7.25 to $5.15 and that would equal $12.40, which is not the minimum wage.
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What strain(s) are you smoking? I want some.
 
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